Guest Prisoner Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Hi, A friend of mine has inherited this car, he asked me to identify it, but after searching hundreds of pics and viewing the car I am still not sure. The car appears complete and unmodified and at first I thought it would be an easy match. It sort of looks like an El Dorado or a Fleetwood, but not quite. It's V8 powered and sits on wire wheels, I've been looking at 1960's to 1980? The car has no wording or badges at all... except one on the front grill, but I cannot be certain that is original. Any help in identifying the car would be very much appreciated.. :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41 Su8 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 1965 Mercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Yep, Mercury. Looks like a Monterey but could be a Marauder. A little research on trim and engine size of the car will tell which it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I find it hard to believe you couldn't find any identifying marks or figure it out after seeing hundreds of pictures.I knew what it was right away as did the other two guys .Anyway it's a nice car with lots of potential. sure wish I could inherit one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas G. Brown Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 A friend of mine inherited a 1966 Mercury Park Lane, with very similar a styling. It was super reliable, and not too hearty on gas for a big bodied FoMoCo V8. Yours looks to be rust free. A great find for a 50 year old convertible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) That convertible looks to have the wrong grille in it. Edited January 9, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordrodsteven Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Definitely a Merc'! I looked at some images in my 1970 edition Motor's manual. it looks to be a 1966 full size Mercury grill. The body in the pictures above look like a 1965 Mercury. Edited January 9, 2017 by fordrodsteven (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Parking lights are missing too. Maybe a minor accident to the front that required a replacement grille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You can see why he couldn't use the parking lights,not an accident. Compare this to John's pic.this is a 66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 So bottom line is we have a 65 Merc with a 66 grille and missing parking lights. Could find those items relatively easy I think. Looks like an easy fix to make a nice original car if it does not need to much to get it running and driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I would say that replacing the grill with the correct one and replacing the parking lights would be easy enough but that it would not make an original car. It would make it a partially restored car or just a great car. "Original" is only once. As soon as you change anything it is not original. Just like mileage. People say it has xx,xxx original miles, actually the original miles were "0". The proper term in this case would be "actual" miles.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Sorry for the miswording, Tinindian. Lets call it a nice driver then if that sounds better. . Guess there are not many true originals out there then. I can't imagine any car over a couple of years old that has not had some form of care done to it. I have even touched up a spot of paint my 2015 Jeep, changed the fluids, and put on new tires so it would not qualify either. But back to the Mercury, you are correct..I used the wrong terminology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 23 hours ago, Tinindian said: . "Original" is only once. As soon as you change anything it is not original. Just like mileage. People say it has xx,xxx original miles, actually the original miles were "0". The proper term in this case would be "actual" miles.. This would mean that there are actually no original vehicles anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 "Original is only once" except for normal maintenance items (as long as they were replaced with original parts) would not affect originality. Changing bulbs would not affect originality unless you were changing to bulbs that weren't incandescent. Perhaps for example, even using non factory pistons as long as they were period correct could still allow an engine to be "original". But as soon as you replace iron pistons with aluminum you are certainly not original. This is only my opinion of course. I do apologize to the original poster for hi-jacking your thread and I do think you have the potential for a great car there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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